In 1946 Li'l Abner meets the
beautiful but carnivorous Wolf Gal, who has her eyes (and
stomach) on our hero. But even she is overshadowed this year by one of
the strip's most memorable events ever. The most famous resident of
hapless Lower Slobbovia is Lena the Hyena, the
"ugliest woman in the world." She is so hideous that savvy cartoonist Al
Capp cannot bear to draw her image himself. In an extraordinarily
successful publicity stunt he enlisted readers to send in their
drawings of Lena. And some 500,000 readers from 381 subscribing
newspapers responded!

To add to the public's attention, Capp
persuaded actor Boris Karloff, surrealist Salvador Dali
and crooner Frank Sinatra to join him in judging the finalists.
The winner turned out to be Basil Wolverton, who became a
famous cartoonist in his own right. The amazing background of this
stunt is detailed in two fully illustrated introductions (which include
pictures of the Lena runners-up). Other characters featured this year: Joe
Btfsplk (the jinx with the cloud hanging over his head), Moonbeam
McSwine, The Skraggs and Available Jones. 12" x 9"
paperback. (176 pages).

In 1946 Li'l Abner meets the
beautiful but carnivorous Wolf Gal, who has her eyes (and
stomach) on our hero. But even she is overshadowed this year by one of
the strip's most memorable events ever. The most famous resident of
hapless Lower Slobbovia is Lena the Hyena, the
"ugliest woman in the world." She is so hideous that savvy cartoonist Al
Capp cannot bear to draw her image himself. In an extraordinarily
successful publicity stunt he enlisted readers to send in their
drawings of Lena. And some 500,000 readers from 381 subscribing
newspapers responded!

To add to the public's attention, Capp
persuaded actor Boris Karloff, surrealist Salvador Dali
and crooner Frank Sinatra to join him in judging the finalists.
The winner turned out to be Basil Wolverton, who became a
famous cartoonist in his own right. The amazing background of this
stunt is detailed in two fully illustrated introductions (which include
pictures of the Lena runners-up). Other characters featured this year: Joe
Btfsplk (the jinx with the cloud hanging over his head), Moonbeam
McSwine, The Skraggs and Available Jones. 12" x 9"
paperback. (176 pages).